May 2019

ISSUE 150 MAY 2019 

PARISH NEWS 

Magazine of the parishes of Market Rasen, Legsby, Linwood and Lissington 

Bishop Christopher 

joins in the 

Big Splash! 

A letter from 

the Curate… 

R e v e r e n d C l a i r e 

discusses the journey 

through Lent, page 4 

SERVICES 

& EVENTS 

What’s On ? 

Find out about our 

regular services and 

events on page 9 

EMMAUS 

MINI MESSY 

MESSY CHURCH 

Emmaus is our group 

for 30-50 year olds. See 

the calendar for our 

next meeting. 

Group for pre-school 

age families meets 

Wed’s 10am-11.30am 

(term time only) 

All ages welcome 

getting messy with 

craft, fun, worship and 

food. See Calendar 

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How to find us… 

Welcome to the Parish Church of St. Thomas, Market Rasen. The church is 

situated in the centre of the town and sits proudly at the back of the market 

square. The main entrance is on the south side and can be accessed from the 

market place, and footpaths leading to the north side and to the east side. 

or you can visit us online at…. 

www.stthomasmarketrasen.org.uk 

@stthomasmarketrasen 

@StThomasMR 

Dear Lord, this Magazine is published in your 

honour: Grant that all through whose hands it passes 

may be blessed with a sense of your presence, and 

strengthened in their faith. 

How to contact us… 

RECTOR : REVEREND STEPHEN JOHNSON 

Phone : 01673 844 770 

Mobile : 07766 411 090 

Email: rector@stthomasmarketrasen.org.uk 

CURATE: REVEREND CLAIRE WALKER 

Phone : 01673 844 521 

Mobile : 07495 190 310 

Email: curate@stthomasmarketrasen.org.uk 

CHURCH CHRIS MIDDLETON 07971 978 037 

WARDENS: verger@stthomasmarketrasen.org.uk 

SUE TRUELOVE 07484619678 

warden2@stthomasmarketrasen.org.uk 

DEPUTY JENNY GOULSBRA 

WARDENS: MARCUS HYDE 

VERGER: CHRIS MIDDLETON 07971 978 037 

verger@stthomasmarketrasen.org.uk 

TREASURER: DAVID HILL 01673 844 577 

treasurer@stthomasmarketrasen.org.uk 

ORGANIST: PETER TWIDELL 

SAFEGUARDING: SHEILA LAMMING 01673 842 275 

safeguarding@stthomasmarketrasen.org.uk 

The Rectory 

3B Caistor Road 

Market Rasen 

LN8 3HY 

Turnstone 

Willingham Road 

Market Rasen 

LN8 3RE 

Parish News Team 

To submit articles and material for 

inclusion in the Parish News contact: Mal 

parishnews@stthomasmarketrasen.org.uk 

For advertising contact: Chris 

verger@stthomasmarketrasen.org.uk 

Editor: Marcus 

editor@stthomasmarketrasen.org.uk 

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A letter from the Curate 

Dear Friends, 

I hope you all enjoyed a peaceful, joyful and perhaps chocolate-ful celebration of 

Easter! Of course, it is still Easter – the Church celebrates Easter all the way to 

Ascension day when we remember Jesus’ ascension into heaven. We celebrate and 

give thanks for Jesus’ resurrection and remember his appearances to disciples after 

his resurrection and their realisation of who Jesus really is. 

The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have asked churches all over the world to 

join in with Thy Kingdom Come, which is a global wave of prayer calling all 

Christians to pray between Ascension and Pentecost for more people to come to 

know Jesus Christ. This wave of prayer will take place between the 30 th May and 

9 th June this year so the month of May will be spent not only still celebrating Easter 

but also preparing to join in and ‘Light up the World in Prayer.’ 

And you are also invited to join in! 

A couple of weeks ago I was fortunate enough to get a day at Spring Harvest, 

which is a Christian festival and conference. I was inspired, whilst there, by the 

many stories of answered prayer I heard. Prayer does work, although not always in 

the way we hope or expect, but it makes a difference. 

It’s not always easy to pray, I know. But there are lots of ways to pray and lots of 

people who can help. Prayer is quite simply talking to, or spending time with, God 

and listening to hear what God might be saying to us. 

It’s easy to worry we’re not doing it right, or to put it off until we find a suitable quiet 

moment and end up not praying very much at all sometimes. But an invitation to 

join in with millions of Christians across the world is a good time to take a fresh 

look at prayer or to make a fresh start. 

There will be lots of opportunities to come along to prayer at church over those 9 

days (you don’t have to say anything out loud!) and there will be resources 

available to help. Might I ask you, then, this month, to consider joining in? 

Please feel free to talk to me, Rev Steve or Grace if you’d like to find out more 

about Thy Kingdom Come or about prayer in general. Or have a look at the 

website www.thykingdomcome.global 

With love and prayers, 

Rev Claire 

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Parish News 

Going to London this year? 

Westminster Abbey has kindly given St Thomas’ Church a Parish Pass for 2019. 

The pass admits up to 4 adults/students or 

children 6-16 years free of charge. 

(Children up to the age of 5 are admitted 

free to the abbey if accompanied by an 

adult). To use the Parish Pass, at least one 

of the adults must be on the Electoral Roll 

of St Thomas’ Church, Market Rasen; St 

John the Baptist, Lissington; St Cornelius, 

Linwood; and St Thomas' the Apostle, 

Legsby. 

For further details please see Rev Steve 

Easter Eve Confirmation for Anne 

A picture of Anne with 

some members of 

congregation at her 

recent confirmation in 

Lincoln Cathedral on 

Easter Eve 

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Parish News 

The first course will explore themes from Mark’s Gospel: 

Monday 13th May: Who is this Jesus? 

Monday 17th June: The Kingdom of God 

Monday 8th July: Good News 

Monday 5th August: Time 

Monday 26th August: Discipleship 

We meet in Church Rooms at 12:30pm 

See Rev Claire for more details 

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Services & Events 

May 

5th May 2019 

(1st Sunday) 

Easter 2 



(2nd Sunday) 

(3rd Sunday) 

Easter 3 Easter 4 

8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) 

Rev Steve 

10.00am Holy Communion (CW) 

with Children’s Church 

Preside / Preach Rev Steve 

10.00 am Holy Communion 

(CW) with Children’s 

Church Preside/Preacher 

Rev Claire 

8.00am Holy 

Communion (BCP) Rev Claire 

10.00am Holy Communion with 

Children’s Church (CW) Preside 

Rev Steve/Preacher Rev Claire 

4.15pm Messy Church at 

St Thomas’ 

8.00am Holy Communion (BCP at 

St John the Baptist, Lissington 

Rev Claire 

11.30an Baptism at St Cornelius, 

Linwood Rev Claire 

Mon 6th May 

9.00am Morning Prayer 

St Thomas, Market Rasen 

Tue 7th May 



7.00pm PCC St Thomas’ the 

Apostle, Legsby 

Wed 8th May 

9.00am Morning Prayer St 

Thomas, Market Rasen 

10-11.30am Mini Messy Church 

Church Rooms 

7.30pm Church Building 

Development meeting (all 

welcome)in Church Rooms 

7.30pm Bell Ringing Practice 

Thur 9th May 


St Thomas Market Rasen Rev 

Claire 

Fri 10th May 



6.00pm Talk about being 

Dementia. Friendly by Hazel 

McCulloch Smith 




7.30pm-9.00pm Open Chapter 

Meeting at Swallow 




7.30pm PCC meeting St 

Thomas’, Church Rooms 




7.15pm Choir Practice 


Thur 16th May 



Steve 

10.30am Holy Communion at The 

Poplars 




Sat 18th May 

Emmaus: Walk and Bar Meal 

(details to follow) 




Tue 21st May 



7.00pm Archdeacons Visitation 

Service at Middle Rasen Church 

Wed 22nd May 



Thur 23rd May 



Claire 




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2019 

Services & Events 


(4th Sunday) 

Easter 5 

2nd June 2019 

(1st Sunday) 

Easter 6 



Claire/Preacher Paul Maple 

(Ordinand) 

6.30pm Evensong at St John the 

Baptist Lissington led by Roy 

Sutton 








9.00am Morning Prayer at St 




Thurs 30th May 



Steve 

7.00pm Ascension Day Service at 

St John the Baptist, Lissington 

Preside Rev Steve Johnson/ 

Preacher Rev Richard King 

Fri 31st May 



8.00am Holy 

Communion (BCP) Rev Steve 



Rev Claire/Preacher Rev Steve 

Mon 3rd June 



Tue 4th June 



Wed 5th June 



10-11.30am Mini Messy Church 

Church Rooms 



Thur 6th June 



Claire 

Fri 7th June 



From the Diocese 

As highlighted in the 

diocesan magazine, 

Crosslincs, a special 

Beacon event is planned 

for Lincoln Cathedral for 

Saturday, 8th June 

2019. The event will run 

f r o m 1 0 a m u n t i l 

12.15pm, with an 

optional Eucharist at 

12.30pm, and it will 

feature several 

groupings from around 

our diocese and include 

many different ways of 

praying. 

Magazine Articles 

Articles for inclusion in 

the Parish Magazine are 

a l w a y s w e l c o m e . 

Material for inclusion in 

the next months issue 

should be submitted by 

the 20th of the current 

month. 

P l e a s e s e n d a n y 

material to…. 

parishnews@stthomasmarketrasen.org.uk 

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The Big Splash 

Bishop joins the Big Splash in the Market Place. 

Maundy Thursday Car Wash a great success 

We had a great time in the sunshine at our Maundy Thursday Car Wash event. 

We washed an impressive total of 41 

cars and it was brilliant to meet lots of 

new people and to see some old friends 

too. 

The Bishop also enjoyed his time with us 

and lots of conversations about Jesus and 

his disciples were had. 

There were even quite a few suggestions that it should become an annual event – 

watch this space! 

A huge thank you must go to everyone 

who helped out on the day by washing 

cars, stewarding, making tea and coffee, 

baking cakes, ensuring a good water 

supply, talking to people and general 

moral support – it was all very much 

appreciated and helped make the day 

the success it was. 

Rev Claire 

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Journey of Faith 

Starting on Monday, 15th April and ending on Maundy Thursday (18th April at 

5pm), this 50-mile walk included overnight stays in Ludford Village Hall, 

St Thomas' Church Rooms in Market Rasen and All Saints Church in Wragby. 

This Journey of Faith allowed pilgrims to explore 15 churches along the route, 

make new friends and have time for reflection and spiritual encounter during Holy 

Week. 

It was a wonderful experience for all those taking part and the pilgrims’ visit to 

St Thomas’ was a significant part of their spiritual Journey of Faith. 

You are invited… 

Bishop Christopher will preach at a special service in Lincoln Cathedral on 

Saturday 18 May which will celebrate and give thanks to women and men, lay and 

ordained, who minister together to further the Kingdom of God. The Dean of 

Lincoln will be leading the worship. The service begins at 10.30am and will finish at 

1.30pm. 

The event marks the anniversaries of 50 years since the first woman was licensed 

as a Reader and 25 years since the first woman was ordained Priest within the 

Church of England. 

After the service everyone is invited to 

continue the celebrations with a picnic 

(please bring your lunch with you) although 

drinks and sweet treats will be provided. 

Admission is free but we would ask that 

you book a ticket so the numbers of 

refreshments required can be gauged. 

You can book your space here: 

http://bit.ly/2TuKfG6 

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Family Easter Service 

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Family Easter Service 

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Wedding Preparations 

The beginning of March saw our annual Wedding preparation day for couples who 

are planning to get married in either the Market Rasen Group or the Kelsey Group. 

The day, led by Rev Steve, explored marriage, the wedding service, music, hymns, 

and readings. We will continue to hold all the couples in our prayers as they 

prepare for their wedding day. 

“You have a minute, Lord?” A sort of prayer …. 

Lord, this may be a bit trivial-sounding, but if you’ve got a minute, I’ll come straight 

to the point; no messing about. I’m too touchy, Lord. Too touchy by half. I see 

slights and offence where none are meant. I hear “tones” in what people say – “it’s 

not what she said, it was how” and all that rubbish. 

Now Lord, it occurs to me that being touchy is sort of thinking that you (not You, 

me) ought to be treated in some special way to allow for all the hearing tones and 

all that. Which is surely bad, Lord? A sort of sin. One of the seven or so deadlies. 

Or is it the exact opposite? A feeling of unsureness? Oversensitivity, inferiority, 

immaturity? Either way, it’s difficult for people to be easy with you (not You, me). 

Which is difficult, Lord, for all parties. And certainly for all parties at parties. That’s if 

I ever get invited. 

It may be, Lord, that I’m not imagining things (here I go again – honestly, I’m a 

pain), that there are ‘tones’ and nastinesses and slights. After all, I take up a tone, I 

am nasty, I am hurtful. If I’m right Lord, let it not affect me so much. You see Lord, I 

really don’t want to do unto others as I imagine they are doing unto me. 

Give it a moment Lord? At your earliest? 

With thanks to David Kossoff. 

Taken from You have a Minute, Lord? 1977 

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Mini Messy Church 

At Mini Messy Church 

on Wednesday 24th 

A p r i l w e h a d f u n 

learning about King 

Solomon who was wise 

because he asked God 

for help. 

We had lots of noisy 

fun on Wednesday 1st 

May finding out that we 

can praise God with 

music and singing! 

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From the Parish Registers 

Baptisms 

21st April 2019 

Ava Elizabeth Baker 

Weddings 

14th April 2019 

Paul Martin Halford and Pauline Freda Hodgson 

Funerals 


23rd April 2019 



Stephen Wright (aged 84 years) [at Middle Rasen] 

Iain Thomas Brown (aged 65 years) 

Ursula Charlotte Cherry (aged 82 years) 

Doreen Buck (aged 82 years) 

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Prayers 

Please Pray for the sick and the housebound: 

Elizabeth and Rev David Inkpin, Betty Greathead, Mollie Sykes, Rev Victor 

Searle-Barnes, Joan Franklin, Lesley Hyde, Irene Evans, Delia Dowse, Audrey 

Ward, Lesley Hyde, Ken Parrott, Pam Woodcock, Dick Woodcock, Delia Dowse, 

Steven Whaley, Veronica Payne, Jenny Chiverton, Joan Smith, Peter Jones, 

Pray also for……. 

Those affected by the bombings in Sri Lanka and the earthquake in the 

Philippines; the continuing refugee crisis; the political situation in Europe and the 

Brexit negotiations; our political parties in the UK; for the environment; our local 

schools Market Rasen Church of England Primary School, Legsby Primary 

School, and De Aston; the Deanery of West Wold; for The Harbour Place in 

Grimsby; the families coming to Mini Messy Church, Messy Church, our 

Children’s Church; The Poplars & Waterloo House. 

As our country awaits the outcome of the Brexit negotiations, the Church of 

England has produced the following prayer for us all to use. 

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Warden’s Window 

Following on site interviews with four successful applicants 

we have now appointed PPIY Architects of York to act as 

our Lead Consultant for the reordering of our church. 

The project will be administered by Practice 

Associate, Alexa Stephens RIBA, who over the 

course of the last ten years has come to specialise 

in ecclesiastical work. One of her most recent 

contracts has been the rebuilding of the tower and 

spire at St Margaret’s, Thimbleby, another James 

Fowler, Victorian refurbished church. The majority of 

PPIY’s portfolio of work involves listed buildings and 

ecclesiastical work and they are currently operating 

within three Diocese. 

They will be carrying out a measured survey of the 

church during week commencing 6 th May. The next 

six to eight months will involve the development of 

our ideas into a workable design, consultation with 

our own project team and stakeholders and feasibility studies which could have us 

drafting applications for grant funding by the end of the year. 

On the evening of the 8 th May Fran Bell the Diocesan Church Development Officer 

is giving her ‘Ducks in a row’ presentation to the PCC, members of the 

congregation and community. (see separate poster in the magazine for details). 

This will be an opportunity for us all to understand the sequence and processes 

that need to be undertaken over the coming months, in order to bring our project to 

fruition. As well as the obvious issues such as Design development and 

fundraising we will be given an overview of Diocesan Advisory Committee liaison, 

the Faculty process, project team building and a number of other important issues 

which need to be considered over the months ahead. 

Chris Middleton. 

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Parish News 

“Thy Kingdom Come” starts on the 30th May 2019 

Thy Kingdom Come is a global prayer movement that invites Christians around the 

world to pray for more people to come to know Jesus. What started in 2016 as an 

invitation from the Archbishops of Canterbury and York to the Church of England has 

grown into an international and ecumenical call to prayer. 

During the 11 days of Thy Kingdom Come, it is hoped that everyone who takes part 

will 

•Deepen their relationship with Jesus Christ 

•Pray for God’s spirit to work in the lives of those they know 

•Come to realise that every aspect of their life is the stuff of prayer 

After the very first Ascension Day the disciples gathered with Mary, constantly 

devoting themselves to prayer while they waited for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit 

at Pentecost. Like them, our reliance on the gift of the Holy Spirit is total – on our own 

we can do nothing. Through the centuries Christians have gathered at that time to 

pray for the coming of the Holy Spirit. ‘Thy Kingdom Come’ picks up this tradition and 

we will be dedicating the days between Ascension and Pentecost to pray ‘Come Holy 

Spirit’. 

We are praying that the Spirit would inspire and equip us to share the Good News of 

Jesus Christ with our friends and families, our communities and networks. It has been 

amazing how many varied ways there have been in which people from every tradition 

have taken up this challenge. The effects have been remarkable. 

It is our prayer that those who have not yet heard the Good News of Jesus Christ and 

his love for the world will hear it for themselves, and respond and follow Him. 

Specifically, we are all invited to pray that God’s Spirit might work in the lives of five 

friends who have not responded with their ‘Yes’ to God’s call. 

Whether you have joined in ‘Thy Kingdom Come’ before or not, we invite you to take 

part this year – along with churches from over 65 different denominations in 114 

countries around the world. During the 11 days there will be different activities and 

these will be publicised in the pew sheet. 

"You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my 

witnesses …to the ends of the earth. When he had said this…he was lifted up, and a 

cloud took him out of their sight…Then they returned to Jerusalem … and were 

constantly devoting themselves to prayer… When the day of Pentecost had come 

they were all together in one place... All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit... and 

that day about three thousand persons were added." 

Acts 1, 2 

“In praying 'Thy Kingdom Come' we all commit to playing our part in the renewal of 

the nations and the transformation of communities." 

Archbishop Justin Welby 

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Parish News 

OPEN DOOR 

Where? 

St. Thomas Church Rooms 

When? 

Thursday afternoons 2 – 4 pm 

What is Open Door? 

It is a space to come & enjoy 

Friendship & Fellowship 

Who can come? 

It is open to everyone who wants 

to come along 

Do I have to join? 

No it is a place you can come whenever you 

please & stay for as long as you like 

What happens at Open Door? 

Basically whatever you want! We will provide the tea, coffee, juices & of course 

the biscuits & you can bring your crocheting or crossword, knitting or puzzle book 

or your own crafts. The main thing is that you come along & enjoy quality time 

doing what you enjoy, or sharing with others the things that you normally do on 

your own. Come and make some new friends. 

So why not come along, you may find it’s just what you have been looking for. 

We look forward to seeing you on a Thursday 

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